"Recently, two of the jurors in the case of Michael Dunn have interviewed with CNN. Both were asked if race was mentioned during deliberations. Both answered “no.” Then, panels discussing the interviews voiced their disagreement with the jury not discussing race during deliberations. Some online sources have also criticized those jurors. Even Jordan Davis’ father said he could not see how it didn’t come up since Dunn’s girlfriend gave credible testimony that he used the words “thug music.”"

Community Village Sites's insight:

I do think bias played a part in Michael Dunn's actions. I suppose race was not mentioned by the prosecution because a hate crime would require more specific hate speech.

This is the hate speech I heard him use:

"rap crap"

"son of a bitch"

"animals" - when referring to others in the prison.

I suppose the prosecution didn't want to go down the hate crime road with only those three phrases.

Whitopia (by 2007) is that place in the US where White people move to be among their own kind. Not the Rust Belt or the Farm Belt, but places like exurban Atlanta or the Idaho panhandle, places where White people of means move. Of the 3,142 counties in the US, 284 are Whitopian, all but 17…

The Trump administration plans to revoke a special immigration program for nearly 60,000 Haitians, many of whom came to the United States after the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Their temporary protected status, or TPS, will now end in July 2019. We speak with Marleine Bastien, executive director of FANM, Haitian Women of Miami.

How to study the Whites (Second Nations) of North America: Native lens - only Native American writers and scholars can be trusted to be objective, know the facts, and have a good understanding of the Whites. White universities and professors are the blind leading the blind. White film, news and television cannot be trusted either…

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In one of the biggest immigration rallies of the year, thousands rallied last Wednesday on Capitol Hill to demand Congress pass the DREAM Act before the end of 2017. About 100 people were arrested in an act of civil disobedience, including our guest, Illinois Congressmember Luis Gutiérrez, Democrat of Illinois. He is a member of the Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Last month, he announced he will not seek re-election next year, after 13 terms in the House, in order to focus more on the recovery in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

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We discuss the ongoing stream of sexual harassment allegations by women against powerful men, and what experts say is a pervasive culture of misogyny that enables sexual misconduct towards women, with Rebecca Solnit. Her recent article is headlined, “Let this flood of women’s stories never cease: On Fighting Foundational Misogyny One Story at a Time.”

A group of security experts from around San Diego met for active shooter training in the event of a real-life situation. NBC 7’s Steven Luke takes a look into why there has been a rise in training sessions.

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